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RE: Naming a software looper - D'Loop?



Tim, that's a great list - thanks! I am really attracted to a variant of 
one
of the names you suggest: D'Loop. I had been thinking of something like
"Loop De Loop", but that scans horribly - hadn't thought of the apostrophe
or leaving out one of the "Loops".

Thanks,
Warren Sirota


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Thompson [mailto:tjt@nosuch.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 1:22 AM
> To: 'Warren Sirota'
> Subject: RE: Naming a software looper
> 
> 
> Loopadelic
> Repetitious
> LoopFactory
> SimplyLooping
> LoopWrangler
> Circular Reasoning
> D'Looper
> Loops of Love
> Le Looper
> Cirque du Looper
> Deja Vu, or just Deja
> 
>     ...Tim...
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Warren Sirota [mailto:wsirota@wsdesigns.com] 
> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 1:56 PM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Naming a software looper
> 
> Thanks, Stephen. I agree with you that names are important. 
> That's why I'm struggling with it.
> 
> I had a dream right before I woke up this morning - I don't 
> remember what the dream was about, but one word was prominent 
> in it: Helio. It doesn't have anything to do with looping, 
> but then neither does Ableton (many other products are not 
> named to reflect their capabilities). A dictionary search 
> reveals that "Helios" was the god of the sun or something like that.
> 
> So there's one name. Another that I thought of was MultiLoop, 
> but I'm not sure how well that really reflects anything. I 
> also thought of "FNEZ Looper" (read it out loud), but that's 
> a bit on the crude side, I guess. One person I talked to 
> liked it, someone else cringed. Cringing is not good.
> 
> The things that are most unique about this looper (I think, I 
> hope) are:
> 
> - instant gratification, easy learning curve
> - Can be operated in hands-free mode; works with most 
> footcontrollers (but a multi-bank footcontroller is best; 
> basic functions can be in the first bank, advanced functions 
> in others)
> - CD-quality, stereo looping
> - loop layers are independently mutable and re-mixable
> - built in digital multitrack recorder makes pristine 
> recordings of your live playing, your loops and aux inputs 
> (like the people you're playing
> with)
> - peak limiting on the output. In later versions, different 
> forms of multiband compression will be supported
> - with a touch of your toe (here I go into marketing-speak), 
> you can save all the loops into individual files for later 
> processing with Acid or the DAW of your choice.
> - PC (XP) and MAC (OS/X)
> - affordability - I anticipate 3 versions, one at $89 or so, 
> one at $199 and one at $299.
> - support for VST plugins to modify the input to the looper 
> and the total mix output
> 
> At present, it's a fairly basic looper/recorder. In addition 
> to the basic looper, reverse is there, as well as 
> continuously-varying playback speed, controlled by footpedal 
> or mouse (the pitch changes, but it's a pretty good effect). 
> But the architecture is very solid, and I expect to be adding 
> fancy effects rapidly once I get past the initial hurdles of 
> documentation, installers, security (I hate dealing with sw 
> security, but you gotta do it), press releases and all that stuff.
> 
> I put a couple of screenshots up at 
> www.warrensirota.com/looper so you can get a better idea.
> 
> I'd love naming suggestions suggestions and votes on the ones 
> I've got: Helio (or Helios) and MultiLoop.
> 
> Thanks,
> Warren Sirota
> www.warrensirota.com
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: S V G [mailto:vsyevolod@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 2:22 PM
> > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> > Subject: Re: Loopers-Delight-d Digest V05 #746
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >      Warren,
> > 
> >      Naming can be a very powerful thing.  Especially if 
> you are able
> > to describe within the name what is unique about the object to be 
> > named.  Secondarily, the name can be pleasant to the ear, 
> or at least 
> > memorable.  Associations with other products is usually not 
> > desireable.
> > 
> >      When I hear the name AccuLoop, my mind immediately goes to all
> > the cheaply designed and built woodworking tools from overseas.  
> > "Accu" as a prefix, just doesn't instill confidence in a 
> product, at 
> > least to this boy.
> > 
> >      Naming your looper has the potential to make it or break it.  A
> > good example is the software called Chopitch.  Does it mean 
> that your 
> > chops will start itching?
> > 
> >      Good luck finding an appropriate name for it.
> > Currently, AccuLoop doesn't do much for me.
> > 
> >      Regards,
> > 
> >          Stephen
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >      Warren wrote:
> > It's a little hard for me to complete the docs, though, 
> because I'm at
> > sea for a name. I'm thinking maybe AccuLoop.
> > Whaddya think? (that, totally without an explanation of 
> what makes it 
> > special, is not exactly an easy question - but whether the 
> name should 
> > be related to the specific features or not is also not an easy one).
> >  
> > 
> > 
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